Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter1 Asha for Education – An overview.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter

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Asha for Education – An overview


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Agenda

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Education in India – A need for action

Asha for Education

Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter

Raising Awareness

How YOU can get involved


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Agenda

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Asha for Education – What is Asha ?


Raising Awareness



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Literacy Rates Worldwide

Source: UNICEF 1999

Adult literacy rates


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India’s Progress in Literacy

Source: Calculated from census data

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Education Expenditure/GNP

Source: Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance 1996

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But There is Hope – HP Example

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Agenda

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Raising Awareness



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Our Mission

To catalyze socio-economic change through education for the underprivileged children in India


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What is Asha?

Asha supports socio-economic change via education for under-privileged children in India

Every dollar raised by Asha goes directly to support education

Asha for education is a non-profit organization

It is run entirely by volunteers


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Asha: Some Facts

Started in UC Berkeley in 1991

40+ chapters worldwide

300+ Active volunteers

130+ projects

Total disbursements until now - over $1.5 million


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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

$3 $10 $30 $53$92

$164 $178

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Asha - Funds Raised


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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

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Unique Projects By Year

Excludes double-counting of projects supported by multiple chapters


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Asha Projects: Basic Criteria

Must improve the general welfare of the community with basic education as a major component

Non-sectarian groups which do not have any political or religious agenda

Do not discriminate on the basis of caste, religion or sex

Small, yet, deserving projects that find it difficult to obtain funds from elsewhere


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Project Monitoring

Projects provide periodic finance statements, progress reports, correspond on management issues etc.

Projects are monitored through visits either by Asha volunteers or the various groups Asha works with, such as AID, CRY etc.

Projects are monitored for• reduction in dropout rate• commitment to socio-economic change in the region• increase in number of students• improvement in facilities


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Agenda

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Raising Awareness



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Detroit Chapter Projects – A snapshot

Seva Bharati Project, Tamil Nadu ($980). In this project, Asha supports the educational needs of the children including uniforms and text books

Muskaan – Bhopal, MP. ($6300)

Purna Pragna Trust – Mysore district, Karnataka ($4500). The focus of this project is an alternative education school.

Shanti Sadhana Ashram – Guwahati, Assam ($5000). The focus here is to prepare the children in the tribal areas for government schools.

Irula, Bharati Trust – Tamil Nadu ($1000). This was a $63,000 project supported by various chapters and national events. The focus of this project is alternative education for tribal/dalit children and also provide some vocational training.


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Seva Bharati Project, Tamil Nadu

17 boys and 15 girls from single parent families are supported full-time

Asha supports the educational needs of the children including uniforms and text books

Additional support for introducing sewing machines for teaching tailoring


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Muskaan (Bhopal, M.P.)

The reason for Muskaan

162 slums have been identified in Bhopal town. Estimates of number of children not in schools vary from 75,000 to 2,00,000. Kotra Sultanabad, with a radius of 2 kilometres has five prominent slum colonies with an estimated population of 60,000. Adult literacy is not more than 15%, and children going to schools would be 25 - 35 % in the whole area. In Ganga Nagar, the population is estimated at 2,500. Average income of a family is Rs. 1500/- per month, with 90% of the men being employed at daily wages. Child enrolment in schools is less than 20% for this area.

What is Muskaan ?

Muskaan is an organization working for education of slum children in Bhopal. At present it is working for children in a particular slum (Ganganagar) where falimies of 'gond' tribe reside. Muskaan was started 2 years ago by Shivani Taneja after she completed her Masters in Social Work.

Goals:

To promote meaningful education amongst children

To restore the rights of food, shelter, education and health to deprived children

To promote economic independence by providing opportunities for learning basic skills to youth and women

To promote awareness of social problems


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Muskaan Project, Bhopal

Education for 80 children from the Ganga Nagar slum

Enrollment in regular schools less than 20% in Ganga Nagar

Muskaan provides non-formal education and prepares children for admission to formal schools

• Over 50 children admitted in last two years

Asha provides support for teachers salaries, educational supplies and running expenses

Bablu

NaaniHeena

Ishwar

Baali


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Purna Pragna Trust (Mysore, Karnataka)

The Purnapragna Shishu Vihar at Alanahalli in Mysore is better known as Tarakka's school. Tara Gopinath, her sister, Malathi, and a friend pooled in their resources and started a school to cater to the needs of needy children in their neighbourhood.

Tarakka’s school follows its own syllabus. The students range in age from four to fifteen and all study in groups. Each study group is comprised of seven to eight students. The regular government syllabus is introduced only when the student is mentally prepared. Even then the subjects are treated as simple stories. There are a total of 31 students and 4 teachers.


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Shanti Sadhana Ashram (Guwahati, Assam)

Goals:

To make all the children in the tribal villages go to the government schools after attending the pre-

primary level of study through non-formal education.

What is Shanti Sadhana ?

Shanti Sadhana Ashram is one of the pioneer organisations in championing the cause of literacy in the backward districts of Assam, which it started as a "Literacy As a Movement of the People (LAMP)" in 1989. Since the beginning of the literacy movement the Ashram had an ardent desire to start some innovative schools for deprived children scattered in the remote areas of many districts.

Location

The Jeevan Sadhana Bidya Niketans of Shanti Sadhana Ashram have been running in 4 districts of Assam in 4 Development Blocks. The four blocks are - Dimoria Development Block, Pachim Abhaypur Development Block, Narayanpur Development Block and Tamulpur Development Block, of Kamrup, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur and Nalbari districts respectively of Assam. A school has also been running in Durgapur, West Bengal. All the schools are located in rural backward areas and cover children from at least 3-4 nearby villages.


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Raising Awareness...

Presentations to Corporations and Universities

Participation in India Day Parade

Newsletters

Distribution of fliers at events

Word-of-mouth


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Raising Funds...

Concerts

Events (chapter events)

Writing grants for corporate funding

Asha Stars (Project supported by direct financial contribution from individuals)

Individual and corporate tax-exempt donations

Sale of merchandise - T-shirts, Asha diyas, greeting cards etc.


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How You Can Get Involved

YOU and Asha

Learn More About Issues

Publicize

Volunteer

Support a Project


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Asha Wide participation

Stay up-to-date in world-wide Asha activities -

• Visit http://www.ashanet.org/detroit

Participate and volunteer for Asha wide activities -

• Work-an-hour: Donate one hour of your salary for Education

• Support a child

• Raise awareness of Asha. Help us market Asha merchandise

• Talented in graphics or typesetting? Help out in Calendar Preparation/web development

• Want to be personally involved in a project? Become an Asha Star

Asha in India - The next time you visit India, stop by our projects or our chapters all over India like Bombay, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore etc.


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The Asha Stars Program

A program where you, along with a group of like-minded individuals (typ. 5-10), take responsibility for a specific project

• Asha Stars get first-hand understanding of issues related to development and see a project grow over time

• With a secure source of long-term support, the project is able to strike roots and move towards self-sufficiency

Get approval of the project by a registered Asha for Education chapter

Site visit - Prior to the start of the project and once a year after that

Maintain a web page for the project -- use Asha Projects template


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Tarangini – An Evening of Indian Dance & Music

TaranginiTaranginian evening of Indian Dance and Music

In support of educating

the underprivileged children in India

Featuring:

Mrinalini & Anil Arkatkar w/ Jay Antani

“JHANKAAR” (Urmila, Yogesh, Rajiv & Mohar)

Dance Troupes featuring disciples of

Sandhya Athmakuri & Bhavani Murthy

Sat April 26, 2003 @ 5:30pm

Troy High School Theater

4777 Northfield Parkway

Troy, MI 48098


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A Volleyball-Fund Raising Event

When: Sunday, August 3, 2002 (9 AM)

(Rain Day: Sun. Aug 10)

Where: Firefighters Park, Troy

(between Crooks and Coolidge, on Square Lake Rd)

How: Donation: $10/person or 40$ /team (6)

Have fun and help a kid go to school!!


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Hope for the Future

Today children are India’s future citizens and leaders. Asha for Education is a step towards securing a healthy and

progressive future.


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Join us in our efforts and be part of the solution...

Asha for Education

P.O. Box 99034Troy, MI 48093-9034

Email: [email protected]

www.ashanet.org/detroit

(248) 362-1158

All donations to Asha for Education are tax deductible under IRS code 501 (c ) 3.


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Asha for Education

To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter1 Asha for Education – An overview.

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